Stovepipe holder



E. E. REYNOLDS.

STOVEPIPE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILE-D 1An. 18 ,1922.

1,435,554. Patented Nov. 141, 1922.

INVENTOR WATTDRNEY Patented Nov. 14:, 192.2.

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Application filed January 18, 1922.

Too whom it may concern.

Be it known that EnnNnsr E. REY- NOLD'S, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, county of King and State of Washington, have invented a new and use t'ul Stovepipe Holder; and I do hereby declare that the "following is a full, clear, and exact specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention is a device for holding a stove pipe in a hole in a chimney which may be installed in any type of pipe.

One object of the invention is to provide a device which may be inserted in the inside of a stove pipe, one end of which may be spread out to prevent its being pulled back through the pipe and the other end of which may be hooked over the end of the pipe.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for holding a stove pipe in a hole in the chimney which may be installed on the inside of the pipe so that only a small tip of it may be seen from the outside.

With these ends in view the invention em bodies two prongs pivoted on a plate in such a manner that they may be folded in one direction and held at right angles to the center line of the plate when they are pushed backward. It also embodies a chain hooked to the plate and a hook which may be slipped over the edge of a piece of pipe at the first joint from the chimney over which the chain may be hooked.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein Figure l is an elevation with one section of the pipe and the chimney broken away on the center line.

Figure 2 is a plan View of the device.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the device.

In the drawing I have shown my device in the act of holding a pipe in the chimney in Figure 1. In Figure 2 I have shown the pipe in dotted lines and the device in its open position wherein numeral 1 indicates the center plate, numeral 2 the prongs, numeral 3 the chain and numeral 4 the flat double end hook which is inserted in the pipe joint. The prongs 2 are pivotally connected to the plate 1 through the bolt 5 with one of the prongs on each side of the plate. At one corner of the plate 1 a clip 6 is bent over on top of the plate to form a stop for Serial No. 530,052.

the prong on this side of the plate and at the other corner at the same end of the plate another clip 7 is bent under to form a stop for the prong 2 on the lower side of the plate. It will be seen that the two prongs may be folded to the positions shown in dash lines in Figure 2 when the device is being inserted in the pipe and when it is inside of the chimney they may be opened to the full line positions shown in Figure 2 which will prevent the device from being pulled out of the chimney or back through the pipe.

In the forward end of the plate 1 is a small hole 8 through which the chain 3 is attached to the plate. The hookt is constructed as shown in Figures 2 and 3 with an open point 9 at one end over which the chain may be hooked and its opposite end is 1 cut around, flattened and thinned down to a point as shown in Figure 3. This end forms a thin hook 10 which may be inserted between the two pieces of pipe at a pipe joint.

It will be understood that changes in the construction can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the use of a wire or any other desired material for connecting the plate holding the prongs to the hook 4. Another change may be in the use of a straight bar with a chain, wire or any other piece of material hooked to the center of it instead of the prongs as shown. And still another change may be in the use of two prongs pivoted together with two chains or a forked chain connected to them in such a manner that as the chain is pulled the prongs will open.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. To use the device the prongs 2 should be folded to the dotted line positions as shown in Figure 2 so that it may be inserted in a chimney hole in the side of a chimney and the chain 3 passed through a section of pipe. The pipe may then be inserted into the hole and the hook 4 slipped over the end of the pipe. The chain 3 would then be pulled until the prongs 2 bear against the inside face of the chimney and hooked over the point 9 on the hoo i. It will be seen that this will absolutely prevent the pipe from being pulled out of the chimney until the chain is released from the hook. Another section of pipe may then be inserted into the end of the section that is projecting from the chimney and this will slide over the hook 4: so that the only part of the hook or of the entire device that will 'be exposed will be the small tip 10 as shown in Figure 3. It will be seen that the chain may be of any desired length in order to fit any length of pipe or in order to fit in any joint along the pipe and the free end may be cut off after it is hooked over the point 9.

Having thus fully described the invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the type described embodying two prongs pivotally mounted on a plate; clips on the edges of the plate which hold the prongs in a position perpendicular to the center line of the plate when in the open position; a chain attached to the end of the late; and a clip attached to the chain with a hook on the upper side of one end and another hook on the lower side of the opposite end.

2. A stove-pipe fastener of the class described embodying twobars one pivoted on each side of a plate in such a manner that as they are folded together they may be passed through a hole and as they are opened they will catch over the sides of the hole; a clip extending upward on one side of the plate to hold the bar on the upper side of the plate so that it may only open to a position perpendicular to the center line of the plate; another clip on the lower side of the plate for holding the bar under the plate in a position similar to that of the previous bar; a chain attached to the forward end oitrthe plate by a hook through a hole in the plate; a thin plate with a hook on one end which may be hooked to the chain; and a clip on the opposite end of the latter plate by which it may be hooked over the edge of a section of stove-pipe at the joint.

EARNEST E. REYNOLDS. 

